Drunken Geniuses: Sharp as a Tack, Drunk as a Skunk

Your intelligence at 16 is a strong indicator of how much and how often you will drink throughout adulthood.

Over the last 55 years, in the U.S. and U.K., several studies have been conducted that show a direct relationship between
childhood intelligence and adult alcohol consumption. Controlling for a huge plethora of factors, the study reveals that it is
intelligence itself that influences alcohol consumption, not all the things that accompany intelligence.